Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Rossendale
Town
Rawtenstall
County
Lancashire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 29 October 1921
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
62834

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Current location

Longholme Methodist Cemetery
Bacup Road
Rawtenstall
Rossendale
Lancashire
BB4 7ND
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 81196 22772
Denomination: Methodist

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Previous locations
  • Outside Sunday School.
    Longholme Methodist Church
    Bank Street
    Rawtenstall
    Rossendale
    Lancashire
    BB4 7NN
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SD 815 229
    Denomination: Methodist
Description
Botonne cross set on a fluted column, tapering plinth, and round base. There is a scrolled tablet for WW2 set against the base and the whole is surrounded by a low stone wall.
Inscription
West tablet: Unnamed at times, at times unknown/ Our graves lie thick beyond the seas;/ Unnamed but not by Him unknown;/ "He knows; He sees;" Scrolled tablet at foot of Memorial: 1939-1945/ (Names) East tablet: In Grateful and Loving/ Memory of the/ Lads of our Sunday School/ Who fell in the Great War/ 1914-1919/ They shall not grow old as we that/ are left grow old/ age shall not weary them, nor/ years condemn. South tablet: (Names) North tablet: (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Benson, A John
Benyon, Arthur
Collinge, Ernest
Cowpe, Harry
Dickinson, Harold
Fenton, Harry
Fenton, Jack
Finney, James
Fuller, Robert
Hall, Alan
See details for all 30 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 20
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 20
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, date of death
    Order of information: Date of death
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 10
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 10
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
  • Longholme Methodist Church War Memorial
  • Grade II
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.

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